Former IRS Agent Reveals How To Find Out What Info The IRS Has On You, Make a FOIA Request

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Want to find out how much information the Internal Revenue Service has on you.


Make a FOIA request, that is freedom of information request.


Each government agency has a freedom of information center in which they can find out how much information the government hands on them and what the store on them.
The freedom of information act is been around for a long time.



Call (800) 366-4484 to file a complaint with the IRS by phone. Mail a written complaint to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Hotline at P.O. Box 589, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-0589. Email a complaint to Complaints@tigta.treas.gov, which goes to the TIGTA Hotline Complaints Unit



Sample FOIA letter

Your name or your company's name
Your address or your company's address
Your phone number (optional)

Date

Dear Disclosure Manager:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act.

I request that a copy of the following documents (identify the documents or information as specifically as possible) be provided to me. I do not wish to inspect the documents first. In order to determine my status for the applicability of fees, you should know that I am (insert a suitable description of the requester and the purpose of the request).

[Sample requester descriptions (please choose only one if applicable):

A media requester: a representative of the news media affiliated with the XXXX newspaper (magazine, television station, etc.), and this request is made as part of newsgathering and not for a commercial use.

An educational institution requester or a non-commercial scientific institution requester affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use.

A commercial-use requester, seeking records for a use or purpose that furthers the commercial, trade, or profit interests of the requester or the person on whose behalf the request is being made.

An “other” requester seeking information for personal or non-commercial use.

As proof of identity I am including a photocopy of my driver’s license, notarized declaration, sworn statement, etc. (See Establishing proof of identity and right to access)

I am willing to pay fees for this request up to a maximum of $XX. If you estimate that the fees will exceed this limit, please inform me first.

Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Sincerely,

your sign